LFO DVD Review

     Actors: Patrik Karlson, Per Lofberg

Director: Antonio Tublen

Format: Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, NTSC

Language: Swedish

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Number of discs: 1

Rated: Unrated

Studio: Dark Sky Films

DVD Release Date: October 28, 2014

Run Time: 98 minutes

 

 

        This low-budget science-fiction dark comedy from Sweden plays into the darker recesses of human nature, specifically delving into the question of what we might do if there were no repercussions for our actions. What if we could act any way that we wanted, because the simple push of a button could provide the ability to control the way that others perceive events? LFO imagines a situation where that power is in the hands of a disturbed loner spending most of his time alone, envious of those he watches from the windows of his home.

 

Beneath DVD Review

    Actors: Kelly Noonan, Jeff Fahey

Director: Ben Ketai

Format: Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, NTSC

Language: English

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Number of discs: 1

Rated: Unrated

Studio: MPI HOME VIDEO

DVD Release Date: October 28, 2014

Run Time: 89 minutes

 

 

        The ambiguity of the horror film Beneath is what allows it to still claim inspiration from a true story, though we know that many of the film’s more grotesque images cannot possibly have existed in reality. This is also what helps the audience to grasp some type of understanding from the ambiguity. I found this construction in the screenplay to be the most impressive element of the film, which in every other way seems to be as generic a horror movie as I have ever seen.

 

Impractical Jokers: The Complete Second Season DVD Review

Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Full Screen, NTSC

Language: English

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

Number of discs: 3

Studio: Turner Home Ent

DVD Release Date: November 4, 2014

Run Time: 572 minutes

 

 

        I was more than a bit of a troublemaker when I was younger, mostly due to my overactive imagination and the unwillingness to remain bored. When my physical situation is dull, I find my mind compensating with creative inspiration for ideas of less than traditional amusement. In other words, I would have fit right in with the guys of “Impractical Jokers,” despite the fact that they are fully grown and still amusing themselves through immature methods. The adult in me is somewhat embarrassed for these four grown men, while the kid in me is simply jealous of their job.

 

Deliver Us From Evil DVD Review

     Actors: Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez

Format: Subtitled, NTSC

Language: English

Subtitles: French

Dubbed: French, Spanish

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1

Number of discs: 1

Rated: R (Restricted)

Studio: Sony

DVD Release Date: October 28, 2014

Digital Copy Expiration Date: December 31, 2017

 

        There have been far too many exorcism/demonic possession films in recent film history for Deliver Us from Evil to stand out without a twist, which is the blending of a police procedural with the religious horror genre. Add the fact that it was inspired by actual accounts of an NYPD sergeant (another favored element of the genre), and Deliver Us from Evil should have delivered adequate entertainment. Unfortunately, in order for a film to be frightening, you have to be able to see what is going on, and this is easily one of the worst shot horror films I have ever seen.

Grace: The Possession DVD Review

     Format: Multiple Formats, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language: English

Subtitles: French, Spanish

Dubbed: French, Spanish, English

Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1

Number of discs: 1

Rated: R (Restricted)

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

DVD Release Date: October 28, 2014

Run Time: 87 minutes

 

        Grace: The Possession has the laziness of a found-footage horror movie without any of the logic. Rather than being a film shot by the characters, we are instead given the sole perspective of a demon that has entered the body of our protagonist. This means we witness everything through the eyes of Grace (Alexia Fast), whose POV becomes the same as the typical hand-held camera shots of a found-footage horror movie. Then again, this also means the audience is not subjected to relentlessly asinine reasons for the character to be holding a camcorder for the running-time of the narrative.